Communication Officer – Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)
Job Overview
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) is looking for qualified applicants for the following open position.
Job Title:
Communication Officer
Job Overview:
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: Company’s Scale
Place of Work: Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
Job Position:
Communication Officer
Duties:
- Collaborate with health resilience/PHEM project leading team to develop and implement an effective communication method for consumption at different levels (community, Woreda, Zonal, Regional/national, donor and other stakeholders levels),
- Assists to prepare new strategies, guidelines and tools or update existing dissemination and communication Public Health Emergency activities,
- Supports in coordinating, representing the USAID/Ethiopia Health Resilience Activity in dealings with press, radio, television and other publicity and social media engagements;
- Attends meetings and social functions and events, and uses skill in communication (PR) techniques to obtain desired visibility;
- Prepares standard dissemination and communications aid materials, visuals, and guides for wider usage within the Health Resilience activity,
- Prepares and organizes the documentations on Health Resilience/PHEM project activities and other communications matters and ensures that such documentations are made on video, films, movies, and photographs, print materials and publications as appropriate; manages the audio-visual documentation,
- Advises and proposes best suited communication and disseminations activities to address issues or problems in the Health Resilience/PHEM project,
- Manages the supply, handling and distribution of audiovisual equipment, teaching materials/printing and materials needed for publicizing and documentation of the project activities; and follows up the evaluation and proper and effective utilization of same;
- Strengthens communication, disseminations and information sharing for enhancing synergized organizational processes within the ERCS, MSH and for external visibility and accountability,
- Supports documentation, publication and communication of the Project objectives, principles, core values and activities for increased visibility, corporate image, and greater access to volunteers and others,
- Follow up, collect and compile reports and feed backs on communication and dissemination,
- Continuously assesses and evaluates the effectiveness of the health resilience project at community level, and stakeholders’ communication and dissemination program and looks for ways of their improvement so as to bring about positive changes,
- Represents the Health Resilience project in dealings with press, radio, television and other publicity media, attends meetings and social functions and events, and uses skill in communication techniques to obtain desired visibility when assigned by supervisor;
- Cooperates with Health Resilient implementing center of excellence (COE) woredas officers, ERCS zonal branches and others concerned on public health emergency preparedness, early warning, response and recovery activities to communicate different information and news regularly.
- Organizes and stages special social forums, events, days, anniversaries and field visits, that further enhance the health resilience project goodwill and favorable publicity,;
- Prepare Activity’s key finding, lessons learned/best practices and other key activities to be published through appropriate social media and webpage of the prime partner, sub-partner and donor websites on monthly basis after approval by the senior management of the Activity.
Job Requirement:
Qualification:
Education:
- Second/First degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relation and Political Sciences, Public Management, Public Administration and Management, Foreign Language.
Experience:
- 6/8 years relevant experience.
Skills:
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills,
- Good in time management and organizational skills,
- Knowledge in designing communication methods for different audiences,
- previous experience supporting a USAID-funded project, a plus
- Ability to work under tight deadlines,
- Proficient in Microsoft office, content management systems and social media platform,
- Willing to travel to project site for documentations.
How to apply
Interested applicants, who fulfill the above requirement, can submit your CV, copies of relevant documents and Application to: Click Here
Deadline: 05, June , 2023.
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